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MITCHELL, MARGARET. GROUP OF 6 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED, 2 HOLIDAY CARDS INSCRIBED AND SIGNED ("MARGARET MITCHELL MARSH [MRS. JOHN R. MARSH]," "MARGARET MITCHELL MARSH," OR "JOHN AND MARGARET MITCHELL MARSH"), AND ONE TYPED LETTER SIGNED FROM JOHN R. MARSH, TO FRIENDS MYRON J. QUIMBY, SR. AND MYRON J. QUIMBY, JR., DISCUSSING VARIOUS MATTERS (MOSTLY PERSONAL). V.P., V.D. [1945-50]. TOGETHER APPROXIMATELY 10 PAGES, VARIOUS SIZES, MOST WITH ORIGINAL ENVELOPES (2 ADDRESSED BY MITCHELL), CONDITION VARIES (GENERALLY VERY GOOD). MYRON J. QUIMBY, SR. WORKED AT MITCHELL'S POST OFFICE ON TENTH STREET IN ATLANTA, WHERE OVER THE YEARS THEY DEVELOPED A FRIENDSHIP, AS REFLECTED IN THIS CORRESPONDENCE. MITCHELL WRITES TO QUIMBY MOSTLY ABOUT PERSONAL MATTERS: CONCERN ABOUT HIS SON, MYRON JR. WHO WAS SERVING IN THE WAR OVERSEAS, HEALTH PROBLEMS AFFLICTING BOTH THE MARSH'S AND THE QUIMBY'S, SENDING HOLIDAY GREETINGS, ETC. AN INTERESTING GROUP OF LETTERS SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE PERSONAL SIDE OF THE AUTHOR DURING THE YEARS IN ATLANTA AFTER HER TRIUMPH, GONE WITH THE WIND. [WITH:] [MITCHELL, MARGARET]. CERF, BENNETT. TRY AND STOP ME: A COLLECTION OF ANECDOTES AND STORIES, MOSTLY HUMOROUS. NEW YORK, [1944]. ILLUSTRATED BY CARL ROSE. FOLIO, ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS, WORN ALONG SPINE FOLD AND AT EDGES, CONTENTS LOOSE IN WRAPPERS. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MARGARET MITCHELL on the front free endpaper: "Myron Quimby from Margaret Mitchell Marsh." (10)